Winter storm pounds East Coast

Seth Wenig / Associated Press

Lee Elkins shovels the sidewalk in front of his house with the help of his dog, Emerald, in New York. An army of snowplows and salters were out in force as New Yorkers woke up to a late-winter snowstorm that was expected to blanket the metro region with more than a foot of snow.

Lee Elkins shovels the sidewalk in front of his house with the help of his dog, Emerald, in New York. An army of snowplows and salters were out in force as New Yorkers woke up to a late-winter snowstorm that was expected to blanket the metro region with more than a foot of snow. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press)

Lee Elkins shovels the sidewalk in front of his house with the help of his dog, Emerald, in New York. An army of snowplows and salters were out in force as New Yorkers woke up to a late-winter snowstorm that was expected to blanket the metro region with more than a foot of snow.